CELTICS 2010

uniforms schumniforms, i just want the back of his jersey to say "liberation brown" again, i miss that

grant williams is 19-39 from 3 this year ie 49%, last year he was 24-96 for 25% which included his famous 0-25 to start the season, now he is also shooting 54% from the line where he shot 72% last year so this may just be a heater, BUT the thing is his shot looks really good, and it looked bad last year, its very compact and balanced with good rhythm, looks pretty much like an ideal shot for grant williams who will be getting open catch and shoot looks, and mostly this season as far as i saw he was taking open corner shit and hitting them which was nice, good for grant and the celtics, but then recently ive seen him take some shots from the wing and even a couple times catch and relocate with a single dribble, and his shot still looks good and hes hitting them

not saying hes gonna keep hitting 50% or even 40 but if he can really shoot some thats pretty huge as hes already a good versatile defender who will prob continue to improve on that end as he seems like a heady opportunistic player, he could really be something for the celtics

also if he can improve his shot in one short offseason thats a good trajectory for his development

feel like im kind of underselling his defense too, he does marcus smart type stuff regularly and can guard positions 3-5, hes also freakishly strong, im high on grant! after being pretty ambivalent last year

they should try to trade him to SA for rudy gay so they can win the title this year

ok i will tell danny

im pretty stoked on this team even tho theyve been not that great so far, they need to upgrade their bench particularly get a third big wing as we have discussed, they need to find a stretch of health where all their main guys can play together

and i feel like and this might be the toughest part kemba needs to figure out how to be more of a distributor, ive noticed since hes been on the celtics that hes not quite as good of a playmaker as you might think given his general profile, he drives a lot looking to score and when he gets rebuffed he often pauses for a moment and then tries to figure out a pass, rather than having a pass ready within the flow of the play, or he forces a tough shot, which is too bad because this team would be perfect for him to drive and kick more, he can always get past the first level of D so thats gonna create open shooters he just needs to figure out how to find them

generally the celtics need to drive and kick more theres too much one on one play from all their big 3, which is because theyre all really good at it, but a little more ball movement would really take their offense to the next level IMHO, especially when youve got grant out there bombing 3s!

this guy also seems to have figured some stuff out, life is full or surprises

Carsen Edwards is up to 51 percent shooting on season (40 percent from 3) after his standout outing on Friday night https://t.co/7Wkl4nWpOv

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) February 6, 2021

was trying to think if theres ever been a really good "small sniper" type player, obvs theres great small shooters like kyrie trae etc but those guys are all around players, has there been like a tiny klay thompson, doesnt seem like a natural type as its much harder to get those catch and shoots off when youre small, anyway carsen is not a great creator w the dribble or particularly much of a finisher around the rim so maybe he can try to be the baby bomber

speaking of role players Teague seems to have this ability to turn it on and become very creative on the dribble, inbetween spells of total anonymity

agree about grant w, he’s kind of a genre-defying player

Also agree about the kickouts and kemba

yeah teague has been borderline unstoppable off the dribble in the past but hes looking very cooked right now, who knows maybe hell find some form but i have not been loving what ive seen so far, pritchard has totally out played him to this point

yeah i'm not really sure what carsen is yet other than "better than jeff teague."

agree that kemba's game needs to evolve, was interesting last night watching him use penetration to get to the cp3 style short jumper rather than going all the way to the rim. his days of being a true three-level scorer might be over but he should be able to use the threat of his shooting to get good shots for other guys.

i've been high on grant for a while, everyone raves about his intelligence and that plus his natural strength give him a decently high floor

im always skeptical when the media raves about smart players, its usually just nerd shit that doesnt mean anything as far as the game, but grant does seem to have the high basketball iq tbf

also if kembas more judicious on his drives that will... open up drives for him

grant is like calling the defense and setting everyone up as a second-year player which is def notable

my big skepticism with grant was he just seemed useless on offense, with not a lot of obvious ways to improve... unless he could learn to shoot

was trying to think if theres ever been a really good "small sniper" type player, obvs theres great small shooters like kyrie trae etc but those guys are all around players, has there been like a tiny klay thompson, doesnt seem like a natural type as its much harder to get those catch and shoots off when youre small, anyway carsen is not a great creator w the dribble or particularly much of a finisher around the rim so maybe he can try to be the baby bomber

― lag∞n, Saturday, February 6, 2021 11:55 AM (twenty-seven minutes ago)

eddie house was kinda like this no?

ah yeah good one, career bench guy tho, trying to think if there was anyone who really lit it up

seems like something the league wasnt ready for in the past, but maybe now...

btw shoutout to eddie house he was very good the celtics champ season

if he counts as tiny (6-3) it seems like jj redick is the prototype of the player you're talking about

i wld say jj doesnt quite count as tiny but yeah hes pretty close, i mean carsen edwards is listed at 5-11, which means hes prob 5-8

carsen might be a better defender than jj tho anyway

eh maybe that is his actual height

Edwards checked in as the shortest player at the combine at 5 feet, 10 3/4 inches without shoes, or 6-foot even in shoes. No surprise, as Edwards himself said he'll need to work on his point guard skills, since his future likely lies there at the next level.

However, Edwards' wingspan (6-6 1/4) and standing reach (7-11) are both impressive, relative to his height.

its funny that they finally started measuring guys w/o shoes but they kept doing it with shoes too, great everyone knows how thick the soles of his shoes were now

they didnt tell us if the standing reach and wingspan numbers were with shoes!!

it's so funny, it reads like everyone got measured wearing the same shoes

they should measure them with a variety of footwear: sandals, boots etc

those platform docs that goth people wear

creepers, pleasers, everything

looking at that last game... if jaylen's out i think i'll take kemba scoring 24 on pull-up jumpers from the foul line pretty much every time. he can help grant williams on his threes later!

looks like hes wearing some old shoes form oregon

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 5, 2021 10:32 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

Game day pic.twitter.com/ahK1lookZd

— Payton Pritchard (@paytonpritch3) February 7, 2021

the sneaker detector

is this shade

“We’ll go back and look at some of [Kemba’s] drives and how we can space the floor better,” Stevens said. “I think we all can do a better job for him. That’s what we all will focus on. That’s what I’ll focus on, because I know he’s going to focus on himself.”

tristan has been awful i hate him

Here are the 5 players with the highest FG% AGAINST them when they are the primary defender (Min 400 defensive possessions):

1. Tristan Thompson (57.6%)
2. PJ Dozier (55.7%)
3. Thaddeus Young (55.6%)
4. Enes Kanter (55.1%)
5. Russell Westbrook (53.9%)

— Up and Under Analytics (@UnU_analytics) February 8, 2021

and hes taking minutes from two superior centers

his mind moves slow, he is not a baller, he never just makes the obvious kick out after an offensive rebound

free rob

Robert Williams III C PER 23.80
Tristan Thompson PF PER 13.51

Robert Williams III C MPG 14.9
Tristan Thompson PF MPG 22.7

tristan is (was?) great at one thing and one thing only.

i thought he was good or at least alright defender but the league might be too fast for him now

he’s pretty good at putting the ball in the hoop from 2 feet away tbf

hes not even!

yeah i was hoping playing for a good team would rejuvenate him but he's such a stiff these days. i think he belongs on the second unit at best.

can't remember the timeline, did danny already know hayward was gonzo when he signed tristan? if so, inexcusable

thompson is deeply lead footed for sure, would really have loved to see steven adams on this team.

did danny already know hayward was gonzo when he signed tristan?

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:00 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Et_qv7xXYAUjk67?format=jpg&name=large

nice play

Jaylen Brown no modo EASY!pic.twitter.com/yKVs3Gwsuf

— Conexão Baska (de 🏡) (@ConexaoBaska) February 12, 2021

last nights game felt like a vision of a possible celtics future, with the offense being run through tatum and brown (9 and 10 assists respectively) kemba playing a secondary role and shooters spaced around the perimeter, obvs it was way on the end of the spectrum as far as the jays playmaking rather than scoring but if they can do that playmaking when the defense forces them to they become pretty unstoppable, and kemba will get much better opportunities playing off the ball whether thats catch and shoots or attacking a defense already in rotation